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Capt Leroy Griffin 1646–1702 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1646

Birth Location: Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 4 Apr 1702

Death Location: Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Father: Sir Griffin

Mother: Sarah Gurdou

Spouse(s): Winifred Corbin

Children(s): Thomas Griffin, Winifred Griffin, Alice (Colston), LeRoy Griffin

Capt Leroy Griffin was born in 1646 in Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA, the child of Sir Thomas Griffin And Sarah Clare Gurdou. Capt Leroy Griffin married Winifred Corbin, and had children including Alice Corbin Griffin Colston, Leroy Corbin Griffin, Thomas Griffin, Winifred Griffin. Capt Leroy Griffin passed away in 1702 in Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Capt Leroy Griffin was born in 1646 in Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA, the child of Sir Thomas Griffin And Sarah Clare Gurdou.
  • Capt Leroy Griffin married Winifred Corbin, and had children including Alice Corbin Griffin Colston, Leroy Corbin Griffin, Thomas Griffin, Winifred Griffin.
  • Capt Leroy Griffin passed away in 1702 in Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Griffin
1625–1660
Birth Location: St Savior, Denmark Park, Southark, Surry, England
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Sarah Gurdou
1625–1700
Birth Location: Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Winifred Corbin
1661–1709
Birth Location: Christ Church Parrish, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Thomas Griffin
1684–1732
Birth Location: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Winifred Griffin
1682–1709
Birth Location: Northumberland, Virginia, USA
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Alice (Colston)
1682–1740
Birth Location: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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LeRoy Griffin
1679–1702
Birth Location: Richmond, Lancaster, Virginia, United States
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Capt Griffin's Ancestors

Self
Capt Griffin
1646–1702
Birth Place: Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Sir Thomas Griffin
1625–1660
St Savior, Denmark Park, Southark, Surry, England
Sarah (Clare) Gurdou
1625–1700
Somerset, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas George) Griffin
1598–1634
Warwickshire, England
Beatrix Northoppe
1600–1642
Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
George Gryffyne
1580–1610
Anne Nielson
1580–1610
Thomas Northoppe
1563–1625
Elizabeth Abbye
1560–1606
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Gryffyne
1549–
Alice Thomson
1550–1603
Otwell Shalcrosse
1530–1580
Margaret Woodnett
1530–1614
Thomas Northrop
1535–1625
Margaret
1537–1587
William Abbye
1535–1604
Betterice Beatrice
–1596

Capt Griffin's Descendants

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Capt (Leroy) Griffin (1646–4 Apr 1702) m. Winifred Corbin (3 Nov 1661–10 Sep 1709)
  1. 1. Thomas Griffin 1684–1732 m. Elizabeth (Medstand Lee) (Buford) 1688–1761
    1. 1. Capt (Leroy) Griffin 1711–1750 m. Mary (Ann) Bertrand 1714–1748
      1. 1. William Griffin 1742–1793 m. Susannah (Randolph) Chiswell 1744–1805
        1. 1. William (Griffin, owned 7) slaves 1770–1819 m. Edna (G) Blanks 1782–1866
        2. 2. Anne (Chiswell) Griffin 1772–1843
        3. 3. Gordon (William) Griffin 1755–1858
      2. 2. Elizabeth Griffin 1736–1800 m. Col (Richard Adams, House of Burgesses & Delegates, 1775 Virginia) Convention 1726–1800
        1. 1. Alice Adams 1768–1802
        2. 2. Tabitha Adams 1756–1828
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Griffin) Adams 1757–1832
        4. 4. Thomas (Bowler) Adams 1779–1794
        5. 5. Col (Richard Adams) Jr 1760–1817
        6. 6. Anne Adams 1762–1820
        7. 7. William Adams 1764–1787
        8. 8. Sarah Adams 1766–1806
        9. 9. Ebenezar Adams 1770–1771
        10. 10. Dr (John Adams) M.D. 1773–1825 m. Margaret Winston 1778–1850 m. Margaret Winston 1778–1799
        11. 11. Samuel (Griffin) Adams 1776–1821
        12. 12. Jeremiah (Pleasant) Adams 1776–1850
      3. 3. Leroy Griffin 1738–1775 m. Alice (Currie) (Curry) –1773 m. Judith Ball 1753–
        1. 1. Ann (Corbin) Griffin 1765–
        2. 2. Elizabeth Griffin 1773–
        3. 3. Judith Griffin 1775–
      4. 4. Dr (Corbin Griffin, MD, surgeon in Continental) Hospital 1741–1813 m. Mary ('Molly') Berkeley 1732–1800
        1. 1. Major (Thomas Griffin, War of 1812: 2nd in command at the Battle of Hampton; Whig) party 1773–1837 m. Mary 1774–1851
        2. 2. Jonathan (Griffin,) minister 1779–1843 m. Sybil Seeley 1794–1862
      5. 5. Colonel (Samuel Griffin, appointed by George Washington to serve as aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee, Continental Congress) delegate 1746–1810 m. Mary ('Molly') Berkeley 1732–1800 m. Elizabeth Braxton 1761–
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Corbin) Griffin 1779–1853 m. Professor (Ferdinand Stuart Campbell Stewart (born as a Campbell, but after inheriting the Stewart lands in Scotland had to take the name) Stewart) 1789–1854 m. Samuel Gatliff –1806
      6. 6. Cyrus (Griffin, President of the Continental Congress, president of Supreme CT of admiralty; commissioner to Creek Nation-1789;) judge 1748–1810 m. Lady (Christina) Stewart 1741–1807
        1. 1. Mary (Louisa Stuart) Griffin 1779–1859 m. Gen. (Hugh Tenant Weedon Tennant Mercer slaveowner) 3x 1776–1853
        2. 2. Mary Griffin 1774–1851
        3. 3. John Griffin 1771–1849
        4. 4. Dr (Samuel Stuart) Griffin 1782–1864 m. Sarah (Lewis () Griffin) 1787–1846
      7. 7. John (Tayloe Griffin, Revolutionary War: Battles: Long Island, Trenton, Brandywine, Monmouth, Charleston, Guilford) Courthouse 1750–1810 m. Mary LIGHTFOOT 1760–1787
        1. 1. Maria (Lightfoot) Griffin 1781–1859
        2. 2. Thomas (Lightfoot) Griffin 1777–1823
      8. 8. Mary (Rains) Griffin 1732–1758
      9. 9. Thomas (Bertrand) Griffin 1735–1782 m. Elizabeth Elkington 1729–1781 m. Judith Burwell 1744–1769
        1. 1. David (Anthony) Griffin 1765–1823
        2. 2. Pvt (Zachariah Griffin, US War for) Independence 1760–1852 m. Clarissaa ("Clary") Nalle 1775–1871
        3. 3. Nicholas Griffin 1754–
        4. 4. Thomas Griffin 1760–
        5. 5. Elizabeth Griffin 1760–
        6. 6. Mary Griffin 1766–
    2. 2. Ann Griffin 1718–1809
    3. 3. Elizabeth Griffin 1714–1732
    4. 4. Sarah Griffin 1716–
    5. 5. Winifred (Corbin) Griffin 1709–1739
    6. 6. Alice (Corbin) Griffin 1716–1743
  2. 2. Winifred Griffin 1682–1709 m. Peter Presley 1683–1718
    1. 1. Hannah Presley 1702–1795
    2. 2. Anthony (Thornton) Presley 1720–
  3. 3. Alice (Corbin Griffin) (Colston) 1682–1740 m. Travers Colston 1714–
    1. 1. Charles Colston 1736–1774
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Griffin) Colston 1738–1760
    3. 3. Travers Colston 1740–1759
  4. 4. LeRoy (Corbin) Griffin 1679–1702

Capt Griffin's Timeline

2 Records

1646
1646
Birth of Capt Leroy Griffin in Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
1702
4 Apr 1702
Age 56
Death of Capt Leroy Griffin in Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1646
    Event Place: Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1702
    Event Place: Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Age:
    55-56
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